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Figure 1: UMOD, normal and genetically determined variants, may actively participate in the pathogenesis of CKD.

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Eddy, A. Scraping fibrosis: UMODulating renal fibrosis. Nat Med 17, 553–555 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0511-553

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